Linux From Scratch - Version 7.5-systemd-rc1

Chapter 5. Constructing a Temporary System

5.18.
Coreutils-8.22

The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting
the basic system characteristics.

Approximate build time:0.8 SBU

Required disk space:133 MB

5.18.1. Installation of Coreutils

Prepare Coreutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools --enable-install-program=hostname

The meaning of the configure options:

--enable-install-program=hostname

This enables the hostname binary to be built
and installed – it is disabled by default but is
required by the Perl test suite.

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test
suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this
chapter. To run the Coreutils test suite anyway, issue the
following command:

make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check

The RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes
parameter tells the test suite to run several additional tests that
are considered relatively expensive (in terms of CPU power and
memory usage) on some platforms, but generally are not a problem on
Linux.